Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,711, Edward Gates, Navy Mass. Agency And Residence

SERVICE
Navy.
Gates, Edward
NUMBER
S. 32.711
Mass. Agency and residence.
CONTENTS
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R. 391
Navy
Massachusetts
Edward Gates
Salem in the state of Massach s .
who was a mariner in the Regiment commanded by Frigate Hancock John Manly Esq Colonel of the
Commander Corps for the term of one year Navy
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 29 of May 1819
Certificate of Pension issued the 15 of July 1819 and sent to Ichabod Tucker Esq Clerk, Gloucester Essex Co. Mass.
Arrears to 4th of Semi-ann. all'ce ending 4 Sept 1819. Amt. $25. 83 3/31 4/30
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued
Application made July 26th 1820 by Ichabod Tucker, Salem Mass.

12,391 Edward Gates July 1875
Salem Mass
age 66 mariner worth $5.00 Jett? in Boston Frigate -
Apr 1879

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
ESSEX, ss.
At the Circuit Court of Common Pleas of the Middle Circuit, begun and holden at Salem, within and for the County of Essex, on the third Monday of June, A. D. 1820.
Present, Hon. SAMUEL DANA, Chief Justice.
Hon. WILLIAM WETMORE, and
Hon. STEPHEN MINOT, Associate Justices.
In open Court here, being a Court of Record for said Circuit, proceeding according to the course of the common law, with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount, keeping a record of its proceedings, and having the power of fine and imprisonment, Edward Gates resident in Salem aforesaid in said Circuit, who is named in Pension Certificate No. 12,391 — now in his possession, of which the following is a true copy, to wit,
“WAR DEPARTMENT.....REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.”
“I certify that, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th March, 1818, Edward Gates late a Mariner in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of eight dollars per month, to commence on the twenty ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and nineteen ***** “Given at the War Office of the United States, this fifteenth day of July one thousand eight hundred and nineteen *****
J. C. CALHOUN, Secretary of War,”
appears, and exhibits to the Court here a Schedule, subscribed by him, as follows, to wit,
SCHEDULE,
containing his whole estate and income, his necessary clothing and bedding excepted, to wit, ( no real estate )
an old table $2.00 four chains $1.00 $3.00 three or four knives and forks 0.50 3.50
He is 66 years of age — by occupation a mariner : — his wife died a few days since — no children
Edward  his  Gates mark

and at the same time he produces to the Court here the following Oath, taken and subscribed by him, before the Hon.
a Judge of said Court as aforesaid, to wit,
I, Edward Gates do solemnly swear, that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner whatever, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property, or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me; nor have I any income, other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed. So help me GOD.
his mark Edward Gates
Essex, ss. C. C. C. P. June, Term, A. D. 1820.
Then the abovenamed Edward Gates took and subscribed the aforeswritten Oath before me
Wm Wetmore Judge of said Court.
I, ICHABOD TUCKER, Clerk of the Court aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath, and Schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is five dollars
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Court, at Salem, in said County of Essex, on this 17 th day of July A. D. 1820
Attr.
Ichabod Tucker

Invalid Widow, etc.
Gen
Army 32 nd Inf File No. Edward Gates Mariner Frigate "Hancock" Rev War
Act March 18-1818
Index : Vol _____, Page _____
[Arrangement of 1870.]

We Jeremiah Burnham and Zebulon Elwell, both of Gloucester in the State of Massachusetts on oath do testify and say, That in the Revolutionary war we did each serve as mariners on board the Hancock Frigate, John Manly commander, in the continental service one year from 1st. March 1777 to 1st. March 1778. That we were acquainted with and knew Edward Gates a mariner, on board said Frigate; and according to the best of our knowledge and belief the said Gates did serve on board said Frigate the full term of one year in the continental service; and we verily believe from circumstances, that Edward Gates, now in our presence, to be the identical person who served as aforesaid. Jeremiah Burnham Zebulon Elwell
Essex ss Gloucester May 28 th 1819 then Personally appeared before me Jeremiah Burnham and Zebulon Elwell and made solemn oath to the truth of the Declaration by them respectively signed and I certify that Jeremiah Burnham and Zebulon Elwell above named are both credible witnesses and believed to be disinterested in their testimony.
Isaac Elwell { Justice of the Peace. I certify that Isaac Elwell Esq r is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and the above is his signature. Ichabod Tucker, Clerk S. S. Court

Edward Gates
Edward Gates Frigate Hancock Commodore Manly early in March 1777 Duly March - 1778 13/
Proved by Jeremiah Bannan of Zebulon Elwell Admitted -

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County: I Daniel A. White, Judge of the Court of Probate for the said county do certify that Edward Gates afore- named personally appeared on the the Twenty ninth day of May A.D. 1819, and made the declaration afore- said by him signed under oath before me, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Gates served in the revolutionary war as set forth in his said declaration, and that by reason of reduced circumstances in life, he is in need of assistance from his country for support.
Given under my hand & seal of office the Third day of June A.D. 1819. D. A. White.

Edward Gates, of Salem in Massachusetts, aged 58, a mariner, On Oath makes the following Declaration:
That early in March 1777 he entered as a mariner to serve Twelve months on board the Continental Frigate Hancock, 42 guns, John Manley Esq. e Commander, then in Boston Harbor: that he the said Gates continued to serve in said capacity on several a cruises off Cape Sable and of Halifax till the expiration of said term of twelve months: that the Frigate was captured in July 1777, by the British Frigate Rainbow, Capt. Golyer, and about Brig. of 14 guns: we were carried as prisoners of war to Halifax: and returned to Marblehead about the 1 st March 1778 in a cartel and was honorably discharged.
That he is now poor and old, and from his reduced circumstances now stands in need of assistance from his country for support.
May 29. 1819.
His Edw d Gates mark